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what has the reaction been from the white house? >> during the election last year, this was certainly rumored. maybe more among pundits than it was from the campaign staff. but i think when you looked at how the president was, if you recall, there were moments where he certainly seemed to have lost some of the momentum of 2008, there was talk about how can we revive the excitement around his campaign. so it may have been discussed it. looks like the higher level folks are disagreeing over how seriously it was discussed. david plouffe was saying this is not something that we took to the president at all. bill daley certainly said it was tested. i think they were probably looking at all options, but probably was not that serious. they certainly stuck with joe biden and seemed to work fine. >> david, have a great monday. >>> and coming up, can dylan dreyer and richard lui will be here for first buzz, talking about an inspiring victory and a rare a celestial event. plus how far a man goes to skip out on a restaurant tab. my mantra? fami
what has the reaction been from the white house? >> during the election last year, this was certainly rumored. maybe more among pundits than it was from the campaign staff. but i think when you looked at how the president was, if you recall, there were moments where he certainly seemed to have lost some of the momentum of 2008, there was talk about how can we revive the excitement around his campaign. so it may have been discussed it. looks like the higher level folks are disagreeing over...
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. >>> what is the white house worried about now when it comes to obama care? we have a shocking memo. then for the first time, a whistle br-blower shows his fac. >>> and michelle knight describes in detail how she was held captive by an ohio man for
. >>> what is the white house worried about now when it comes to obama care? we have a shocking memo. then for the first time, a whistle br-blower shows his fac. >>> and michelle knight describes in detail how she was held captive by an ohio man for
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. >> the obama allies and fans i have talked to, their opinion is twofold. one, if you believe government is the only one able to solve these big problems that you undermine it for years, if not more, with this troubled rollout. and the obama people who championed him to win reelection, look at the cover of "new yorker." it looks so retro when it comes to technology. >> david, i tell you again, i think bob said the key thing. we're in the early innings of the game. to declare this, to define this whole program by the web start -- by the website debacle at the beginning and the rollout, i think, would be a huge mistake. they will fix the website, i'm confident of that. if they don't, as deval patrick said, that's another story. but when they do, people are going to find there are good deals to be had that they never had before. >> i want to switch a little bit and talk about politics here in the book "double down game change 2012." i asked governor romney about it and maybe i'll ask chris christie about it during the break. they write in the book about the pr
. >> the obama allies and fans i have talked to, their opinion is twofold. one, if you believe government is the only one able to solve these big problems that you undermine it for years, if not more, with this troubled rollout. and the obama people who championed him to win reelection, look at the cover of "new yorker." it looks so retro when it comes to technology. >> david, i tell you again, i think bob said the key thing. we're in the early innings of the game. to...
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senior white house correspondent brianna keilar is in washington on in. >> reporter: president obama actually pam pained for terri mcauliffe. that is taking place here tomorrow the, the governor's race here in virginia. but you're seeing him to focus on who will replace him in 2016. >> run, hillary, run. if you run, you'll win and we'll all win. >> reporter: an enthusiastic high profile endorsement at the annual jefferson-jackson dinner he pressed hillary clinton to run in 2016. >> it's time for a woman to be president. and so, tonight, here in iowa, and i won't get this opportunity again, i am urging hillary clinton to run for president. >> reporter: he's not alone. a group of 16 democratic women in the senate feel the same way. all of them signed a letter encouraging her to run. according to a democratic source who said kay hagen talked about the still to be released letter at a fund raising event last week. this last poll shows clinton with a huge lead. 65% of democrats chose her. the republican field is a little more crowded. chris christie, paul ryan, rand paul, jeb bush, marco
senior white house correspondent brianna keilar is in washington on in. >> reporter: president obama actually pam pained for terri mcauliffe. that is taking place here tomorrow the, the governor's race here in virginia. but you're seeing him to focus on who will replace him in 2016. >> run, hillary, run. if you run, you'll win and we'll all win. >> reporter: an enthusiastic high profile endorsement at the annual jefferson-jackson dinner he pressed hillary clinton to run in...
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get it out ahead of time. >> in terms of the obama white house, they want to continue being vindictive and leaks, it's editor@weeklystandard.com. i would be happy. next time, bill clinton and president obama play golf, whichever each one -- whatever they each say when they -- >> i don't think there will be a next time. but there is also a 2016 manifestation to this. a democrat said something, hillary is probably going to run and if she does, the tension between the obama and clinton camps is still there, you know. president obama and secretary clinton have managed to become friends and have a good working relationship, but president obama and president clinton having this anecdote, i can take him in doses, that's not helpful, john. i can only speak to what i experienced with him and president clinton, and i know that obviously when they first got to the white house, you know, things could have been strained from the campaign but i saw them get along quite well and when they were working, you know, they consulted together on the speech he gave at the democratic convention, towards the e
get it out ahead of time. >> in terms of the obama white house, they want to continue being vindictive and leaks, it's editor@weeklystandard.com. i would be happy. next time, bill clinton and president obama play golf, whichever each one -- whatever they each say when they -- >> i don't think there will be a next time. but there is also a 2016 manifestation to this. a democrat said something, hillary is probably going to run and if she does, the tension between the obama and clinton...
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none of these experts are using obama care. so it's -- in effect, it's their public bathroom. >> somebody else will have to clean it up. >> exactly. >> bob, was it taken this weekend that the administration, the white house, did lie to the american? >> i spent every waking hour myself reading about this and absorbing everything i could on it. >> you should. >> i didn't spend a minute on it. no, listen, my assumption is, somebody certainly did, no question about that. i still get back to this point that ezekiel did not quite get it outright. if you had a policy and you demanded that you keep it with the insurance companies, you would have had it. insurance company changed it on you. >> that is what the white house has tried, kimberly, over the last several days, which is try to say, don't blame us, all we're trying to do is provide insurance for everybody. blame the insurance companies. they're the ones who changed the policy. they changed it because they were asked to and required to under the law. >> they weren't required, tha
none of these experts are using obama care. so it's -- in effect, it's their public bathroom. >> somebody else will have to clean it up. >> exactly. >> bob, was it taken this weekend that the administration, the white house, did lie to the american? >> i spent every waking hour myself reading about this and absorbing everything i could on it. >> you should. >> i didn't spend a minute on it. no, listen, my assumption is, somebody certainly did, no question...
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. >> president obama has a blackberry. >> i hear he does. >> most of the white house uses a blackberry. this is going to be a huge concern for a lot of people across the globe. >> i'm pretty good at dictating now on the iphone. it works. >> yeah? >> put me in the training. >> angela merkel, by the way, uses a samsung. i don't know what that means. more accessible to the nsa, i don't know. so anyway, that's the news of the morning and that's going to be getting a lot of attention today in the markets. >>> let's talk about hudson's bay, the company is expected to complete the acquisition of retailer later today. >> reporter: good morning, becky. i'm here at saks fifth avenue in new york city with richard baker, the ceo of hudson's bay company. an early congratulations on the deal today. let's get started off with why saks. how important was real estate as we sit here and sort of the crown jewel of saks? >> well, saks was very important and relevant for us and something we worked on really since 2006 for three primary reasons. first, we had an opportunity to grow saks into canada, hudson
. >> president obama has a blackberry. >> i hear he does. >> most of the white house uses a blackberry. this is going to be a huge concern for a lot of people across the globe. >> i'm pretty good at dictating now on the iphone. it works. >> yeah? >> put me in the training. >> angela merkel, by the way, uses a samsung. i don't know what that means. more accessible to the nsa, i don't know. so anyway, that's the news of the morning and that's going to be...
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mcauliffe supporters are concerned about women's rights, voting rights and obama care. cuccinelli's crowd is a bunch of typical tea party crazies. joining me now for real talk panel, pulitzer prize winning national columnist, connie schultz, and also bill burton, former deputy white house press secretary and founder of co usa. connie, women's issues very big in this race. have women's issues in a gubernatorial race been so defined as they are here in virginia? >> as you know, you have been talking about virginia for quite some time. i've been covering it the last year-and-a-half, two years. there has been a lot going on to suppress women's rights there. i love what terry mcauliffe, who, let's be honest, he's not popular even with a lot of democrats. but i think the quinnipiac poll showed 30% of those voting for him are doing so because they dislike his opponent so much. he did say, i am a brick wall when it comes to women's abortion rights. he is going to protect those rights. he said he trusts women to make their own decisions for their own lives. considering this is i
mcauliffe supporters are concerned about women's rights, voting rights and obama care. cuccinelli's crowd is a bunch of typical tea party crazies. joining me now for real talk panel, pulitzer prize winning national columnist, connie schultz, and also bill burton, former deputy white house press secretary and founder of co usa. connie, women's issues very big in this race. have women's issues in a gubernatorial race been so defined as they are here in virginia? >> as you know, you have...
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"the washington post" reports in 2010 the white house was split on how to run the obama care exchanges. the president's top economic advisors including larry summers wanted a health reform zarqawi with health insurance experience and tech experience. but the president decided to stick with his political team after health advisors said they could handle the job. david cutler was warning that no one was quote up to the task and he told the post that they were running the biggest start up in the world and didn't have anyone who had run a start up or even a business. it's very hard to think of a situation where the people best at getting legislation passed are best at implementing it. yesterday, david axelrod defended the president on "meet the press." >> why did not you or somebody else say to him, mr. president, don't say no matter what you're going to keep your health care plan. was that bad practice? >> hindsight is 20/20. >> that's why you're there. >> there's a small group of people -- the vast majority much americans. the thing here is that the website wasn't up because many of thos
"the washington post" reports in 2010 the white house was split on how to run the obama care exchanges. the president's top economic advisors including larry summers wanted a health reform zarqawi with health insurance experience and tech experience. but the president decided to stick with his political team after health advisors said they could handle the job. david cutler was warning that no one was quote up to the task and he told the post that they were running the biggest start...
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my guess julie is folks at the white house are not laughing. how concerned are they about this rollout? not just the website but the whole deal. what is their biggest concern? >> that they are in this holding pattern. no one expects the website will be fixed over the next couple of days. november 30 seems like a fairly conservative estimate by some accounts. all we're seeing now is more website problems and more problems with the actual policy. if the conversation switches to the policy away from the website that becomes even more dangerous. there's nothing that they can say to refute that now because people can't log on to the website. they can't see what kind of payments they're going to be making. all they're having to deal with is criticism not just from republicans but democrats. >> a promise that wasn't a promise? >> they feel like that was maybe a risk they took at the time and now they're having to take a hit for it but it was worth it given the amount of criticism they were taking early on for the law. it has certainly come back to hau
my guess julie is folks at the white house are not laughing. how concerned are they about this rollout? not just the website but the whole deal. what is their biggest concern? >> that they are in this holding pattern. no one expects the website will be fixed over the next couple of days. november 30 seems like a fairly conservative estimate by some accounts. all we're seeing now is more website problems and more problems with the actual policy. if the conversation switches to the policy...
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the white house, and repair obama care, replace it, and put in place something that's going to do a better job for the american people. >> well, gee, that sounds like a great idea. wonder why nobody has tried that. we'll bring in dana milbank now, political columnist for "the washington post." dana, there's the solution. problem solved oh. let's elect some republicans and that will fix the affordable care act. >> i am sure republicans will appreciate that endorsement. they have tried that a couple times now, and they're trying it in virginia tomorrow. so far, the american people aren't going along with that plan. now, if these problems are real, and the problems with obama care are not fixed, that's an entirely different story. but i don't think it's an outright panic at this moment. >> one of the things that mitt romney did get right, dana, he is not in fact president of the united states. >> he's got that right. >> there is a new book that talks about the process he was going through called "double down," the game change sequel and claims that republican elders got so freaked out
the white house, and repair obama care, replace it, and put in place something that's going to do a better job for the american people. >> well, gee, that sounds like a great idea. wonder why nobody has tried that. we'll bring in dana milbank now, political columnist for "the washington post." dana, there's the solution. problem solved oh. let's elect some republicans and that will fix the affordable care act. >> i am sure republicans will appreciate that endorsement. they...
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number of obama officials from jay carney to david axelrod to former white house chief of staff, billing daelgy said they were just doing due diligence. the campaign, the obama world is famously data-driven. david axelrod said they did test it and it made no difference whatsoever. but they were just doing again their due diligence here. it was never a real possibility. and that it was never taken to president obama and obama officials say if they did take that to him, they would have been laughed out of the room, wolf. >> and you saw hillary clinton chuckle when i saw her about it. let's talk about another clinton, bill clinton. there's fascinating insight in the book as far as the supposed deal that the obama campaign, president obama made with bill clinton to campaign for him back in 2012. >> yeah, this was interesting. remember how much of an asset bill clinton was to the obama campaign. we all remember that speech in charlotte at the democratic national convention. the authors report there was an extended courtship effort behind the scenes from the obama campaign to get bill clinton
number of obama officials from jay carney to david axelrod to former white house chief of staff, billing daelgy said they were just doing due diligence. the campaign, the obama world is famously data-driven. david axelrod said they did test it and it made no difference whatsoever. but they were just doing again their due diligence here. it was never a real possibility. and that it was never taken to president obama and obama officials say if they did take that to him, they would have been...
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president obama welcoming his hometown hockey heroes the blackhawks to the white house for the second time since he became president. the blackhawks won the stanley cup 2013 and also visited in 2010. former republican charlie crist says next year he'll seek back to get the job he held, this time as a democrat. >> today, i announce that i am running for governor of florida. [ applause ] >> chris will seek to unseek florida's current republican governor rick scott and mike mishu of maine running for governor next year, announced he is gay. he made the announcement in an op-ed. a simple honest answer, yes, i am, but why should it matter? and those are the things we thought you should know. one in every four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. that is according to the federal government. an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by their partner each year. the consequences of domestic violence involve choices that aren't always black and white, including whether to stay or leave an abusive relationship. among the many reasons why some women may
president obama welcoming his hometown hockey heroes the blackhawks to the white house for the second time since he became president. the blackhawks won the stanley cup 2013 and also visited in 2010. former republican charlie crist says next year he'll seek back to get the job he held, this time as a democrat. >> today, i announce that i am running for governor of florida. [ applause ] >> chris will seek to unseek florida's current republican governor rick scott and mike mishu of...
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obama/biden. now, when the results came back it showed it didn't help that much and didn't go forward. but it is sort of extraordinary. if you think about the white house chief of staff, the top advisers. it was a very small group that knew about this david plouffe, axelrod, the president's pollster. for that group of people to say, look, we need to take a look at this, even though they knew it was a long shot and there would be a downside. it was certainly part of the history of this administration. shows you as a data point, obama let cal family and clinton political family had come so far it was something they were willing to take a look at. they were right it didn't happen. they were right results didn't argue for going forward. make no mistake they looked at it because of the perilous political position the president found him in at that point. >> john, one of the points that's just fascinating you both bring up is the trip the president makes to his hometown chicago he's home, makes a rare t
obama/biden. now, when the results came back it showed it didn't help that much and didn't go forward. but it is sort of extraordinary. if you think about the white house chief of staff, the top advisers. it was a very small group that knew about this david plouffe, axelrod, the president's pollster. for that group of people to say, look, we need to take a look at this, even though they knew it was a long shot and there would be a downside. it was certainly part of the history of this...
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earlier, to wait until just months after president obama's election. medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very
earlier, to wait until just months after president obama's election. medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very
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three years ago a trusted obama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out." he wrote "no one was in charge who had experience in any complex business startups" we worried basic regulations, technology and policy coordination would fail. >> you need to have the people who have understanding of the political process, people who understand how to work within an administration and people who understand how to build, start and build a business and unfortunately, they just didn't get all of those people together. >> reporter: the white house dismissed these and other warnings, it relied an a pointed bureaucrat and seepor health care advisers. fears from constant attacks from
three years ago a trusted obama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it...
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. >> reporter: three years ago a trusted advisor warned the white house it was losing control of obama care. a letter obtained said strong leadership was missing and representation was in jeopardy. warning signs were ignored. >> cutler worked on the 2008 campaign and valued health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to larry summers in may 2010. i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out. cutler wrote no one was in charge that had experience in complex business start ups. he worried basic regulation, technology and policy and coordination would fail. you need people that understand how to work in the administration and people a that understand how to start and build a business. unfortunately they didn't get all of those people together. >> the white house dismissed these and other warnings. it relied on bureaucrat and senior health care advisors. fearful of constant attacks from republicans, the white house became secretive about the law's complexity and regulatory reach. >> it's frustrating. an
. >> reporter: three years ago a trusted advisor warned the white house it was losing control of obama care. a letter obtained said strong leadership was missing and representation was in jeopardy. warning signs were ignored. >> cutler worked on the 2008 campaign and valued health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to larry summers in may 2010. i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out....
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our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is over at the white house with new details. what's the latest, jim? >> reporter: well, wolf, apple ceo tim cook got a lot of people's attention today with an op-ed in the "wall street journal" where he basically called for a law that bans workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians. now presidents obama is doing very much the same, calling on congress to make that sort of protection the law of the land. once an opponent of same sex marriage, president obama has evolved into a fierce advocate for gay rights. the latest example, a subject he touched on last june. >> we've got to end lgbt discrimination in the places where we work. >> reporter: now, with the senate taking up legislation to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender americans from job discrimination, the president is calling on republicans in congress to help send the bill to his desk. in a huffington-post-op-ed, the president said such unfair treatment is offensive, wrong, and needs to stop. who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offens
our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is over at the white house with new details. what's the latest, jim? >> reporter: well, wolf, apple ceo tim cook got a lot of people's attention today with an op-ed in the "wall street journal" where he basically called for a law that bans workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians. now presidents obama is doing very much the same, calling on congress to make that sort of protection the law of the land. once an opponent of...
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three years ago a trusted owebama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out." he wrote "no one was in charge who had experience in any complex business startups" we worried basic regulations, technology and policy coordination would fail. >> you need to have the people who have understanding of the political process, people who understand how to work within an administration and people who understand how to build, start and build a business and unfortunately, they just didn't get all of those people together. >> reporter: the white house dismissed these and other warnings, it relied an a pointed bureaucrat and seepor health care advisers. fears from constant attacks from
three years ago a trusted owebama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it...
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white house senator adviser daniel pfeiffer was asked if there are conditions under which president obama would consider clemency. >> none that have been discussed. none at all. >> the chatter about forgiveness has been sparked in this magazine, which published his manifesto for the truth in which he says he saw a positive reaction to the disclosure and wants the u.s. to stop treating him like a criminal. snowden says, quote, the people must fight against the suppression of information about issues of public significance. whoever speaks the truth is not a criminal. snowden's fate is one of the few areas these days where both parties seem to agree. >> if he wants to come back and own up to the responsibility of the fact that he took and stole information, he violated his oath. he disclosed classified information, that, by the way, has allowed three different terrorist organizations, affiliates of al qaeda to change the way they communicate, i'd be happy to have that discussion with him. >> reporter: for now, snowden stays in moscow. there has been discussion of him traveling to germany, bu
white house senator adviser daniel pfeiffer was asked if there are conditions under which president obama would consider clemency. >> none that have been discussed. none at all. >> the chatter about forgiveness has been sparked in this magazine, which published his manifesto for the truth in which he says he saw a positive reaction to the disclosure and wants the u.s. to stop treating him like a criminal. snowden says, quote, the people must fight against the suppression of...
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. >> look, left to their own device, the white house, the state department, hillary clinton, barak obama themselves would lead you to believe it was a video gone awry. that never, ever happened. it was never, ever true. we were sold a lie and it wasn't true. there are people like this and colonel wood and others who had foreshadowed the fact that this was probably going to happen because they did attack the red cross. they did have an assassination attempt. they did foreshadow they were going to attack america and then they did for the third time. >> do you believe the white house fed the "washington post" that story? >> i don't know who did it, but to release a covert agent's name to endanger his life should be an absolute outrage in this town. if they want to get to the truth, release the documents for the interview that he had the day after the attack and the interview that he had at his home a few days after that. if you want to be open and transparent, release those documents and i think you'll find a different story. >> do you think the state department was more likely to leak it?
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house. >> reporter: the current occupant, president obama, jumped into one race this cycle. campaigning to help terry mcauliffe. the democrat's next presidential contend e contender? hillary clinton was not in iowa. she got attention when senator chuck schumer made this call. >> 2016 is hillary's time. run, hillary! run. if you run, you'll win and we'll all win. >> reporter: and president obama did not campaign for the democrat running against chris christie. she wanted more democrats to help her out. savannah, people are looking beyond tomorrow to the irresistible 2016. back to you. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. we have the new book "double down" which is causing controversy. we have mark halperin and john heilemann with us both. you guys reveal he had another terrible performance behind the scenes so badly that his advisers thought we might lose this election. >> he did 48 hours before the debate at hofstra. his disdain for romney. he could not figure out how to deal with that. at the same time, the contempt for the theater of politics. it got mixed up together. it was th
house. >> reporter: the current occupant, president obama, jumped into one race this cycle. campaigning to help terry mcauliffe. the democrat's next presidential contend e contender? hillary clinton was not in iowa. she got attention when senator chuck schumer made this call. >> 2016 is hillary's time. run, hillary! run. if you run, you'll win and we'll all win. >> reporter: and president obama did not campaign for the democrat running against chris christie. she wanted more...